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    Coronavirus Diaries

    Personal essays from CNN's global staff as they live and cover the story of Covid-19.

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    • Chelsea McGinnis

      Think of my babies in the NICU, and wear the mask

      By Chelsea McGinnis, CNN
      My twin boys were born prematurely as the coronavirus started sweeping through Atlanta. Now I can only see them in the hospital for four hours a day, and I'm terrified they will be exposed to Covid-19.
    • Julie Gallagher, here at a Washington DC restaurant in August 2020, now enjoys sharing a meal -- or mojitos -- with her mom.
      JULIE GALLAGHER

      I thought battling an eating disorder during an election year was tough. I had no idea how grueling recovery during a pandemic would be

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      LILIT MARCUS

      I moved to Asia, got cancer, and then coronavirus happened

    • Mirna Alsharif

      Observing Ramadan alone taught me to be grateful

    Chris Cillizza
    CHRIS CILLIZZA

    The coronavirus has made me anxious. Just not in the way I thought.

    A passenger looks at his phone while waiting aboard a United Airlines plane before taking off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport on May 11, 2020 in Houston, Texas.
    GARY TUCHMAN

    Traveling amid coronavirus is like nothing I've seen before

    Jomana Karadsheh with her husband and son.
    JOMANA KARADSHEH

    I negotiated canceled flights, an unknown carrier and a 'sleep box' to get to my son

    Stapleton grabs a nap while waiting to see her son's doctor after a night shift.
    ANNECLAIRE STAPLETON

    How a crazy life prepared me to take Covid-19 in stride

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    IVAN WATSON

    Engaged in December and married by May, coronavirus shaped our relationship

    Sweden did not close down in the way much of Europe did, but it has a higher death rate.
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